Re: [Tails-dev] Tails upgrade - Windows - Persistent storage

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Author: intrigeri
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To: Prestigio Multiduo, tails-dev
Subject: Re: [Tails-dev] Tails upgrade - Windows - Persistent storage
Hi,

Prestigio Multiduo (2024-04-23):
> I'm sorry for disturbing ya all but, please... Upgrade-ing Tails (with
> keeping Persistent storage)
> should be much easier and at the same time should be doable from another
> computer that isn't running Tor so that the new version of Tails will
> download much faster.


Sure.

> for example when you click on this link (on Windows):
> https://tails.net/upgrade/windows/index.en.html
>
> there should be way to download and upgrade Tails from Windows while keeping
> Persistent storage.


Note that if you follow these instructions, as requested, the *download*
happens on Windows, without Tor. But yeah, there's the need for an
extra "intermediary Tails", which is of course burdensome.

Unfortunately, in the current state of our on-disk partition layout
and boot process, and given how the landscape of live USB installers
on Windows looks like, it does not look realistic to drop the need for
that intermediary Tails any time soon. Sorry!

Cheers,
--
intrigeri